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Funkmaster Flex lost 40 pounds with the help of the 40 Day Reset programme, and he said so himself on Instagram. Then, in 2020, he had liposuction on his lower stomach, his sides, and his back, and he posted video of the procedure himself. He did not hide either step. He shared the weight loss first, and then he shared the surgery.
Two facts matter for anyone searching for his before and after numbers. First, he never published a starting weight or an ending weight in his own posts. The only number he gave is the 40 pounds he lost before the surgery. Second, liposuction is not the same thing as weight loss. It reshapes specific areas. It does not replace diet and exercise, and it does not explain the 40 pounds on its own. This article keeps those two steps separate, because Flex himself kept them separate.
Who Funkmaster Flex Is
Funkmaster Flex was born Aston George Taylor Jr. on August 5, 1968, in the Bronx, New York City. His parents were Jamaican immigrants. His father, Aston George Taylor Sr., was a sound system professional and DJ. Music was part of his home life from the start, and he began DJing at local nightclubs when he was 16.
By 19, he was working in radio with fellow Bronx native Chuck Chillout at WRKS 98.7 Kiss-FM in New York. After a brief period at WBLS, he moved to Hot 97. In the spring of 1992, he began hosting his own show there, the first hip hop radio show on Hot 97. He has stayed with the station ever since, and his shows are now syndicated across the country on weeknights and weekends.
Flex built his name on more than radio. He is known for his signature bomb drop sound effect, a loud explosion sound played over records. He released the 60 Minutes of Funk mixtape series, which introduced the mixtape format to a much wider audience. He worked with the Flip Squad, a collective of DJs that included Biz Markie, Mister Cee, and DJ Enuff. He launched the website InFlexWeTrust.com in 2010. He also promotes the Funkmaster Flex Custom Car and Bike Show Tour, and he has appeared on television shows about cars and about Hot 97.
That public profile is why his weight loss story travelled so far. Flex is not a private person who was caught by a camera. He is a broadcaster who talks for a living, and when he decided to change his body, he talked about that too.
The 40 Pounds He Lost First
The first part of the story came before any surgery. Flex credited the 40 Day Reset programme with helping him lose 40 pounds. He wrote about it on Instagram, tagging the programme directly. His caption read, in part, that the programme had been amazing in helping him lose 40 pounds. That is his own figure, from his own post, and it is the only weight loss number this article treats as confirmed.
What the programme involved for him, day by day, is not spelled out in his posts. He did not publish a meal plan, a workout schedule, or a start date for the programme. This article will not fill those gaps with guesses. What is known is the order of events. The weight came off first, through the programme. The surgery came second, to deal with areas that stayed stubborn after the loss.
That order matters. Many celebrity stories blur the two steps together, so readers cannot tell what the diet did and what the surgery did. Flex did not blur them. He announced the 40 pound loss, and then he announced a separate step for what he called his hard areas. Readers should judge each step on its own.
It is also worth saying what Flex did not claim. He did not claim a total body transformation in a few weeks. He did not sell a product in those posts. He thanked the programme and the doctor, and he moved on to the next step. The story is simple because he told it simply.
The Liposuction He Posted Himself
In November 2020, Flex posted a video of himself undergoing liposuction. He was not caught leaving a clinic. He filmed it and shared it. In his caption, he named the areas being treated: lower stomach, armpit sides, and back fat. He wrote that there was no anesthesia and that he was awake the entire time. He wrote that he really enjoyed it. He thanked the doctor and the staff, and he wrote that he was home now, sore, but able to go back to work the next day.
He also posted a photo of containers of fat removed during the procedure. That image, more than anything else, drove the reaction online. People made memes. Some joked about the shape of his body after surgery. Some treated a male DJ getting liposuction as something strange or funny. Flex did not argue with the jokes. He laughed them off, and he even shared some of the memes on his own Instagram.
That reaction says something about the culture around male body image. Liposuction is often talked about as a procedure for women, and men who get it can face teasing for saying so. Flex ignored that pressure. He posted the video in real time, with music playing in the background, and he treated it as a normal choice. Whether readers admire that openness or not, it is a fact that he chose it himself.
The procedure he described was a body sculpting treatment, not a weight loss operation. The areas he named were the same areas many people call trouble spots: the lower belly, the sides, and the back. Those are places where fat can stay even after a person loses weight overall. That is why he had the surgery after losing 40 pounds, not instead of losing weight. The surgery finished a job the programme had started.
What He Said About It Afterwards
Flex did not stop talking about the procedure after the Instagram posts. He discussed it on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, where he spoke openly about going through with it. He talked about why he decided to be public about it, and he talked about recovery. He said healing takes about four months. That is a useful detail for anyone considering a similar procedure, because it shows the result is not instant. The body needs time to settle after treatment.
His openness on the podcast matched his openness on Instagram. He did not present the surgery as a secret, and he did not present it as a shortcut. He presented it as a step he had always wanted to try, after working hard to lose weight first. That framing is consistent across his posts and his interview. The weight loss came from the programme. The surgery dealt with the remaining areas.
It is important to draw a clear line here. Flex has made many public claims about many subjects over a long radio career, and not every claim he has made about other people is confirmed. This article does not repeat any unconfirmed claim about anyone else. It sticks to what Flex said and did about his own body, because that is what his own posts and his own interview support.
What Liposuction Can and Cannot Do
Readers often confuse liposuction with weight loss, so the difference is worth stating plainly. Liposuction removes fat from specific areas of the body. It can change the shape of the belly, the sides, or the back. It does not, on its own, produce a large drop on the scale. The 40 pounds Flex lost came before the surgery, not from it.
Results also depend on what happens after the procedure. Fat cells removed from a treated area do not return to that same spot, but the body can still gain weight elsewhere if eating and activity change. Keeping a stable weight and healthy habits matters more than the procedure itself. Flex was already in that position. He had lost weight through the programme before he had the surgery, which is the order doctors generally recommend.
Recovery is also part of the story. Flex said he was sore after the procedure but expected to return to work the next day. He also said full healing takes about four months. Both can be true at once. A person can be back at a desk quickly and still need months for swelling to settle and for the final shape to appear. Anyone thinking about a similar procedure should talk to a qualified doctor about risks, recovery, and realistic results, rather than judging by a social media post.
None of this is a recommendation. It is context. The point is that Flex’s story has two distinct parts, and only one of them is weight loss. Mixing them up leads readers to expect surgery to do the work of a programme, and that expectation is wrong.
Why This Story Is Different From Most Celebrity Weight Loss Stories
Most celebrity weight loss stories in this series have a gap in them. The celebrity never confirms a number, or never names a method, and the article has to label every figure as an estimate. Flex’s story is different. He gave the number himself. He named the programme himself. He filmed the surgery himself. There is no mystery about the method, because he published it.
The gap in his story is a different one. He never published a starting weight or an ending weight. Readers who want a before and after weight will not find one in his posts, and this article will not invent one. The honest summary is this: he lost 40 pounds, then he had liposuction on three areas. That is the complete confirmed account.
His story is also different because of how public it was. Many celebrities confirm a transformation only after it is finished, with polished photos. Flex showed the middle of the process, on a surgery table, awake, on video. That choice invited jokes, and he accepted them. It also gave readers something rare: a first hand account of a procedure that most public figures keep private.
For readers, the lesson is practical. A programme can help with overall weight. A procedure can reshape specific areas. Neither one replaces the other, and neither one works without the habits that support it. Flex’s own order of events shows that clearly. Programme first, surgery second, and honesty about both throughout.
Conclusion
Funkmaster Flex lost 40 pounds with the help of the 40 Day Reset programme, and then he had liposuction on his lower stomach, sides, and back in 2020. He posted about both steps himself, first the weight loss and then the surgery video, and he later discussed the procedure and its four month healing time on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast. He never published a starting weight or an ending weight, and this article does not invent one. The surgery reshaped specific areas. It did not produce the 40 pound loss, which came first.
For his career, read his Wikipedia biography, which covers his Bronx roots, his start at Kiss-FM, and his move to Hot 97 in 1992. For his own words on the surgery, read the HotNewHipHop report on his liposuction posts, which quotes his Instagram captions about the areas treated, staying awake, and going home sore. Both are real sources, and both keep the two steps of his story separate, as he did.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much weight did Funkmaster Flex lose?
He lost 40 pounds with the help of the 40 Day Reset programme, according to his own Instagram posts. That is the only weight loss figure he confirmed himself.
Did Funkmaster Flex have liposuction?
Yes. In 2020, he posted video of himself having liposuction on his lower stomach, his sides, and his back. He said he was awake for the whole procedure and that there was no anesthesia.
What was his starting weight?
He never published a starting weight or an ending weight in his own posts. This article gives only the 40 pounds he said he lost, and does not invent a before or after weight.
What is the 40 Day Reset programme?
It is the programme Flex credited on Instagram with helping him lose 40 pounds. He tagged the programme in his posts, but he did not publish a day by day plan for it, so this article does not describe one.
Did the liposuction cause the 40 pound weight loss?
No. The 40 pound loss came first, through the programme. The liposuction came second, to reshape his lower stomach, sides, and back. Liposuction sculpts specific areas. It does not produce a large weight loss on its own.
How long did recovery take?
Flex said he was sore after the procedure but expected to return to work the next day. He also said full healing takes about four months. Both points came from his own posts and his podcast discussion.
